South Korea Reviews Airport Runway Walls After Fatal Jeju Crash
- Deadly accident followed likely bird strike on one engine
- Boeing plane smashed into concrete embankment after landing
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South Korea plans to review the concrete walls positioned just beyond the end of some airport runways after an aircraft attempting an emergency landing smashed into one just over a week ago, killing almost everyone on board.
Authorities will alter all of the concrete structures at local airports that were designed to support so-called localisers, instruments installed on poles at the end of the runway to guide landing of planes, Transport Minister Sangwoo Park said at a briefing on Tuesday.